Stop me if you think that this is awkward: a villain who has an enabling mother do the evil deeds for him...
(STOP!)
I know! It's that awkward! Especially if you watch this on Mother's Day. But, anyway, this is the continuing cartoon adventures of LarryBoy, in this dang movie called LarryBoy: Leggo My Ego.
I didn't hear about this episode until the 8th grade. In fact, Big Idea didn't really promote this episode as much as the premier episode and the 3D-animated installments.
I'm not sure how I came to tolerate this movie. I mean, it's like Angry Eyebrows, except the villain doesn't really do much, but let his mother wear the pants. Plus, LarryBoy is just as clueless as the premier episode, which is pretty bad for the situation that he gets in in this movie.
So, let's not waste any time. This is Leggo My Ego.
Opening Scene:
The movie starts at a carnival, where our main character Larry is on a ferris wheel disliking being high up. And get this, his butler Archie points out that the ride hadn't even started yet.
-It hasn't been 5 minutes, & already this movie is trying to lure us in with comic relief.
Just then, we see both Larry and Archie seeing trouble brewing. What are they looking at that is so terrifying, you ask? A cotton candy machine gone haywire.
-Wow. You couldn't come up with a more terrifying reason than that... I mean, look at the machine! That's one unstable rust bucket!
Larry sees this and races to the rescue, while Archie kicks himself for never getting to ride the ferris wheel.
-Well, Archie, you better work on prioritizing your time wiser, because in the "Angry Eyebrows" episode, all you did was sit in your stupid chair.
LarryBoy swoops in and clogs the machine with one of his plunger ears.
Everyone rejoices, but Archie sees that the machine is going to blow up.
He tries warning LarryBoy doesn't listen because he's too into himself right now.
Finally, the bucket of bolts blows up, creating the most huge and improbable mess of cotton candy all over the park. Luckily, the two bums Herbert and Wally, whom you're remember from the beginning of Angry Eyebrows step in to eat the cotton candy.
-Don't those guys know about 10-second rule?
After the cotton candy is grazed off the park by the bumbling tubs of annoying, the investigation of the cotton candy machine starts. And it isn't long until Archie finds a bottle of catalyzer, and then Officer Olaf apparently recognizes who did this horrible crime.
And apparently, Archie knows about this too.
-How come nobody else knows about who could have possibly done it? I mean, there's no flashback, no prologue... What, did they just pull a name out of a hat and just go with that?
But that doesn't stop the Alchemist from showing his face at the scene of the crime.
-Wait. Why would you want to go back to the same place that you've committed a crime in? It's like the Alchemist wants to stay on set and annoy the authorities.
LarryBoy tries to stop the Alchemist, but the villain sprays him with... flower mace (?).
Then the bad guy flees the scene. But not for long, because he accidentally runs inside a squad truck... that had COINCIDENTALLY parked itself there.
-Wow, are police vehicles automatic nowadays?
It looks like improbability saves the day, but the Alchemist has something to say.
He tells LarryBoy that he's the worst superhero ever, because the two guys from the beginning got rid of the cotton candy, and Officer Olaf did the capturing...
-Clearly, the Alchemist is degrading LarryBoy for having people supporting him. What a jerk.
LarryBoy takes this hard.
And then... guess who else they toss our way... The witch from Disney's Snow White... (God, I wish...)
Actually, this hag is Mother Pearl...
-...who's obviously working for the Alchemist, because she talks about him as if he's her gangbanger.
Superhero Class scene:
LarryBoy goes to superhero school and...
-Well, to sum it up for this scene, he just sits in class and annoys a fellow superhero. Yeah, just like Angry Eyebrows, he doesn't listen to the lesson, and he's none the wiser until later on in the movie. So, try not to waste your time with this scene.
Walking home scene:
LarryBoy walks home "not feeling special." While he's moping, the squad truck from the beginning COINCIDENTALLY crashes, and the Alchemist COINCIDENTALLY escapes...
-Why is it that there are so many coincidences in this movie?
LarryBoy checks on Officer Olaf, who's banged up from the car accident, but LarryBoy is too depressed to help the officer from the vehicle... and too depressed to even get the officer to the emergency room...
-Rule of thumb: Don't leave car crash victims inside their vehicles. They'll most likely need medical help. What if the victim is bleeding to death? Would you just leave them there?!
LarryBoy hears a distress call coming from down the street. He arrives to see Mother Pearl... who's dressed as [the campmaster from Camp Lazlo].
Mother Pearl asks for Officer Olaf, because... apparently he's more heroic than Larry. But LarryBoy degrades Officer Olaf, making his plunger ear spit out an orange cloud.
The cloud finds the officer, and shrinks him. And... (as if on cue), the Alchemist captures the tiny officer; and him and Mother Pearl proceed in setting their big plan into motion, now that LarryBoy is still depressed about "not being special."
-Wait. LarryBoy doesn't think he's special anymore? Didn't he learn his lesson in Dave and the Giant Pickle?
The Next Day...
The next day, Larry hears about a new statue being placed in the Bumblyburg Park, revealing the hero of the town. This Larry brightens his spirit, and he rushes to see the statue.
But to his disappointment, the statue is about Herbert and Wally, the cotton candy eaters from the beginning).
Then Mother Pearl pops out of nowhere, donning a wig and a clown nose.
-Pray to God, she laughed at the disguise. I mean, she has three disguises in this movie. And trust me; they're all lame.
Mother Pearl thinks that Herbert and Wally were the real heroes that saved Bumblyburg from the Alchemist, but LarryBoy points out otherwise, saying that they're just "a couple of minis" compared to him.
This makes another puff of orange come out of his plunger ear and shrink Herbert and Wally. Just like the officer, Herbert and Wally are captured by the Alchemist.
Villain's Lair Scene:
The Alchemist brings the shrunken-down victims into... a knock-off of Luigi's Mansion... and puts them inside a box with holes in it.
-Real hard core... leave your victims in a prison that they can easily get out of with the holes on the side, and look... the box is friggin' open! So... real hard core.
Then the Alchemist's... mother?
-Mother Pearl is the Alchemist's mom? Are you kidding me?
-What's worse is that the mother is enabling his son in all of this BS.
Then the Alchemist plans to reveal his evil plan in the most diabolical way ever... show his victims a powerpoint.
-Very creative, huh? (sarcasm)
The Alchemist explains that he sprayed his flower on LarryBoy. Now that LarryBoy is infected with the chemicals, every time he builds himself up and puts others down (a.k.a.- being prideful), orange puffs of smoke will find their target(s) of LarryBoy's pride and shrink them.
-Oh. No. The mother is explaining all this, not the Alchemist.
-Oh, yeah. And did I forget to mention that Mother Pearl nicknames his villainous son "Cubby"? Again, real hard core, guys! It's like nicknaming Megatron (Transformers) "Muffins"... or Ursula (Disney's The Little Mermaid) "Angelcake"... or Scar (Disney's The Lion King)... "Fluffy?"
Then our "Villain of The Year" (sarcasm) reveals that with all the citizens shrunken down to size, the Alchemist can rule Bumblyburg.
-This may seem threatening, but I can't really take this seriously, because I'm too busy counting the number of the Alchemist snorts. I mean, he does those annoying snorts the entire movie!
-And guess what: I feel like this movie is another example of a Mad Libs game:
1. The carnival is under attack by an erratic [noun, object].
Answer: cotton candy machine
2. The Alchemist sprays LarryBoy with a [noun, plant].
Answer: flower
3. Whenever LarryBoy uses his pride, orange [noun, object] comes out of his ears.
Answer: smoke
4. The Alchemist's partner-in-crime is his [noun, person].
Answer: mother
Park scene (cont'd.):
LarryBoy is still ashamed of himself. And then the "worst master of disguise" Mother Pearl tries topping off his morning some more.
-Is it morning in this scene?
Mother Pearl says that Police Chief Croswell is heroic. LarryBoy totally disagrees with her, saying that's Croswell is nothing compared to him. Then Mother Pearl points out Junior Asparagus; LarryBoy calls him a pipsqueak. Then the old hag points out Vicki Cucumber the photographer; LarryBoy calls her a nobody...
-Ouch!
Mother Pearl keeps adding to the list of people that would end up on LarryBoy's hate-list.
Finally, LarryBoy just loses it, and calls everyone worthless. This causes some magical BS, where the orange puffs of smoke from earlier turns into a dust storm and shrinks everyone, except for LarryBoy... and the Alchemist and Mother Pearl.
-Hey! LarryBoy just said that everyone in Bumblyburg was worthless! That meant the entire town, including the bad guys! Shouldn't it have an effect on the bad guys? Unless the bad guys are immune to the stuff... I don't know. A little clarity wouldn't hurt, guys...
Mother Pearl runs off, seeing that her evil deeds were done, leaving LarryBoy to sulk some more.
This comes to a victory to the Alchemist... the 100% not-so great villain in this movie...
-I swear if the Alchemist snorts one more time, then... well, I know this won't be the last time, so what does it matter?
LarryCave scene:
LarryBoy returns to the LarryCave to sulk to his butler Archie (the guy that complained about not being able to ride a ferris wheel...) But... what a surprise (sarcasm)... Archie has being shrunken down too...
-Is the orange puff of smoke airborne?
Archie shows LarryBoy where the Alchemist's lair is on the computer...
-How the hell is he able to do that if he's small?
...and LarryBoy races to the villain's house.
-But what about Archie? Take the butler with you, you goon! Maybe you can reverse the spell with everyone on site!
Villain's Lair Scene 2:
So, the whole town is captured and thrown inside the box-with-holes prison.
The Alchemist thinks that he and his mother had succeeded, but then LarryBoy shows up to set the record straight.
However, the bad guys have an ace up their sleeve: they have a machine that takes LarryBoy's pride (in the form of a huge orange cloud).
The machine transforms the orange puffs into a deflated version of LarryBoy... yeah, a doppelganger.
LarryBoy tries fighting the Super Ego (that's what they call it), but apparently, the monster, I guess, ate his Steroid Wheaties, and is pounding on LarryBoy like a paddle ball.
Mother Pearl points out that every time LarryBoy is prideful, the Super Ego will get stronger. This makes LarryBoy think back on his lesson. At first, he has trouble remembering the lesson, but then Bok Choy literally yells at him in his thought bubble that he should stop being prideful of himself and start being humble.
Suddenly, Super Ego backs LarryBoy up in a corner.
-Aw, come on, movie! You're trying too hard on the scare tactics! I mean, come on! You're called Leggo My Ego!
LarryBoy takes the time to right his wrong by taking back what he said about everyone in Bumblyburg being worthless. This makes the Super Ego shrink and disappear.
Then turn everyone back to normal.
-I guess, Archie was turn back to normal at home?
But before LarryBoy can apprehend the bad guys, the Alchemist grabs Bob the Tomato and uses him as a hostage.
LarryBoy ponders whether to strike without hitting Bob. However, Herbert and Wally have donuts to squirt jelly at the Alchemist with.
-Aw, come on! My Krispy Kreme donuts don't do that!
-Again, another Mad Lib...
1. Herbert and Wally attack the Alchemist with [plural noun, food].
Answer: donuts
The jelly blinds the Alchemist, making him accidentally spray his flower at his mother.
Now infected by the chemical spray, Mother Pearl calls her son a klutz, making him shrink down to size. So now, the Alchemist gets defeated.
Outside...
So the bad guys get arrested, but not without the Alchemist yelling at LarryBoy, and acting like Cartman from South Park.
-Mom, screw this movie! I'm in a cage! I'm go home! No, screw this movie! LarryBoy put me on blast! So, I'll be indecent! Screw this movie! Screw LarryBoy! Home!
Then LarryBoy is congratulated by the townsfolk of his heroics, but LarryBoy says that he couldn't have done it without the help of his friends.
Then our nameless narrator ends our story by insulting LarryBoy by calling him "Pickleboy."
-Isn't that the nickname of KidBehindTheCamera from the Angry Grandpa videos?
Short: Cuke of All Trades
Now, I don't want to talk about this short, because... well, to some it up: There's nothing more humiliating and insulting than...
1. being left in charge of two stories that are across the street from each other
2. meeting everyone's needs at the same time
3. running back and forth to make sure that everything's okay (which is like a Spongebob's "Squid's Day Off" scenario)
... on your own birthday, that one time of the year that you only get once at every age
And that was LarryBoy: Leggo My Ego. (pause) I don't know...
The plot was ridiculous. The characters were under-developed, except for LarryBoy, because he learned something out of all this. The bad guy is nothing but a momma's boy with an enabling mother. Plus, finally, somebody actually saw mothers, the usual caretakers of children, as the epitome of evil, somehow, because Mother Pearl was such an evil bitch in this movie. To be frank, this movie didn't seem like a legit LarryBoy movie at all.
However, I would give the movie credit for trying to spread the message on how being too prideful can be wrong. (In fact, isn't pride one of the seven deadly sins or something like that?) And plus, I would never turn away LarryBoy, whether it's one of his great movie or one of his bad ones. He's still LarryBoy, and I'll always watch him.
Amateur Critic
Source: LarryBoy: Leggo My Ego
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